1 O Lord, I am calling to you. Please hurry!Listen when I cry to you for help!2 Accept my prayer as incense offered to you,and my upraised hands as an evening offering.

3 Take control of what I say, O Lord,and guard my lips.4 Don’t let me drift toward evilor take part in acts of wickedness.Don’t let me share in the delicaciesof those who do wrong.

5 Let the godly strike me!It will be a kindness!If they correct me, it is soothing medicine.Don’t let me refuse it.

But I pray constantlyagainst the wicked and their deeds.6 When their leaders are thrown down from a cliff,the wicked will listen to my words and find them true.7 Like rocks brought up by a plow,the bones of the wicked will lie scattered without burial.[a]

8 I look to you for help, O Sovereign Lord.You are my refuge; don’t let them kill me.9 Keep me from the traps they have set for me,from the snares of those who do wrong.10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets,but let me escape.

50 Then Jesus led them to Bethany, and lifting his hands to heaven, he blessed them.51 While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up to heaven.52 So they worshiped him and then returned to Jerusalem filled with great joy.53 And they spent all of their time in the Temple, praising God.

1 O God, you are my God;I earnestly search for you.My soul thirsts for you;my whole body longs for youin this parched and weary landwhere there is no water.2 I have seen you in your sanctuaryand gazed upon your power and glory.3 Your unfailing love is better than life itself;how I praise you!4 I will praise you as long as I live,lifting up my hands to you in prayer.5 You satisfy me more than the richest feast.I will praise you with songs of joy.

6 I lie awake thinking of you,meditating on you through the night.7 Because you are my helper,I sing for joy in the shadow of your wings.8 I cling to you;your strong right hand holds me securely.

9 But those plotting to destroy me will come to ruin.They will go down into the depths of the earth.10 They will die by the swordand become the food of jackals.11 But the king will rejoice in God.All who swear to tell the truth will praise him,while liars will be silenced.